Word: percussionists
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...past years, Rollins has been accused of fielding a mediocre band to serve as a foil for his spectacular extemporaneous flights. The same cannot be said of his present band. In pianist Stephen Scott and trombonist Clifton Anderson, Rollins has two tremendous talents with which to share feature time. Percussionist Victor See-Yuen, drummer Perry Wilson and bassist Bob Cranshaw (an intermitent member of Rollins' bands for 40 years) keep rock-solid time and provide the springboard for the virtuosic solos of the three leads...
DIED. TITO PUENTE, 77, mambo king and extroverted percussionist who made 119 albums during his six-decade career and won his fifth Grammy this year; in New York City. (See Eulogy, below...